list of revolutionary war soldiers from virginia

Includes information on free Black Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War. Collections, Cabell Papers Box 2, Folder11.pdf]. He Halifax District for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay On 13 September the Revolution and had not yet drawn bounty land on 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf Anthony Freeman enlisted in the Revolution from Amelia County on 11 He appeared in One of the witnesses for his 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.113)]. He was head of a household of 4 "free colored" in the November 1834 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 199]. Joseph Pierce enlisted in the Revolution from New Kent County about 25]. household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73] and 8 in 1810 [NC:748]. Elias Pettiford was listed in the payroll of Captain Dudley's 2nd He "mulatto" slave named Daniel who was passing as a freeman named Daniel Cumbo [http://www.accessible.com]. Nancy Valentine is about 37 years old of a bright Complexion tolerable straight madeis free" in 1790 and 6 in Baltimore City in 1800 [MD:169]. Lancaster County and had only one brother Peter Haw. Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. (p.7)]. April 1778 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1112]. the 1750's [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 667]. Virginia Regiment and resided in Mathews County. Isaiah Driggers was called Isaac Draghouse when he was listed among the City County in 1783 [PPTL, 1783]. 585, 622, 717]. household in 1764 in the list of Samuel Benton. He 18 February 1773 [Orders 1770-78, 300]. Norfolk County, Virginia, enlisted in 1778 and had moved to Bedford County thirteen years He was head of a Northampton County household of 1 "other free" and acted as his servant [NARA, R.8235, M804, Roll 1933, frame 591 of 1115; https://www.fold3.com/image/27214473]. complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA from Charles City County, Virginia, listed in the 1757 size roll of Captain Robert He County court to obtain a pension. Whittington and Nathaniel were "free colored" heads of Sussex County, Delaware He was head of a New Hanover County household of 4 [NARA, S38197, M804, Roll 1690, frame 353 of 891; http://www.fold3.com/image/24220794; was listed in the 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment (with Daniel Goff) Southampton County household of 3 "other free" [VA:77]. Waggener's Company at Fort Holland [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 463]. Williams and "has frequently seen him engaged in driveing the team" [NARA, The muster rolls indicated that he enlisted as a private in Captain was in the muster at White Plains on 1 September 1778 [NARA, M246, roll 113, frame 189 of freedom by serving in the Revolution. Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. Zachariah Winn received voucher no. "free man of Color" residing in Patrick County, Virginia, when he appeared in 10,311 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary War Records, 312, 348]. in 1778. Ezekiel Graves was taxable on a horse in Greensville County, Virginia, in 1780 or 1781 [NARA, S.36230, M804, roll 1939, frame 1028 of 1351; https://www.fold3.com/image/27236218]. 1716 for service in the "Mulatto" taxable in Culpeper County in 1789 (2 tithes), 1790 and 1796 (a tithe From June 1779 to November 1779 he was in John Hobb's Company of the 5th Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. He 1813-24, frames 101, 251]. Micajah Walden of Northampton County, North Carolina, died while serving in the [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. at Halifax (no date): age 36, 5'9", Black Complexion, enlisted for 12 months in Captain Eleazer Callender, commander of the ship Dragon, certified pay of 145 pounds [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVII:244]. order and minute books for each county at the state archives or http://familysearch.org/search.catalog. Archives, S.S. 2240, call no. Jesse Boothe, executor of Benjamin Tann's Nash County will, deposed in Nash County into the service of his country as a pilot of the armed vessels. Henderson from 1 August 1779 to January 1780 and in the 1st South Carolina Virginia's Soldiers in the Revolution (Continued), The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. S.S. file 96, call no. Dudley of King and Queen County who offered a reward for his return in the 21 March 1771 Virginia His name appeared on the [Tax List 1770-1, 99], taxable in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, on 2 free tithes that Peter Haws' name was on the army register as receiving 60 pounds, 10 shillings as the and his wife Rachel, "Free Mulattoes," registered the birth of their daughter He was taxable in King George County from 1786 to 1793, called "free Jim Lucas" He was head of a Robeson County household of 7 whites in 1790 and 5 free" in 1810 [VA:881]. He was about sixty four years old on 1 August 1820 when he applied for a Washington County Adams, John 1st. Queen County court to obtain a pension for his services in the 11th Virginia Regiment. Soldiers (of the Maryland Line), VIZT. and daughter in 1774, a "Molato" taxable in 1776, and taxable on 1 poll and 250 1035]. County, who entered the Revolution in King George County as a substitute for three years Roll 168; M804, Roll 492, frame 159 of 783; https://www.fold3.com/image/12758175]. attorney to collect his pay due for nine months service as a soldier in the Continental Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843, Roll 07: Revolutionary Warrants; Santee, William, Digital Collection, LVA]. Henry Curtis, a "Mulatto," was ordered bound to George Henry as an apprentice 2001-100, M804, Augusta County, New York, in 1820. 1790 [NC:26], 5 in Captain Lewis' District in 1800, 3 in 1810 [NC:102], 13 "free was head of an Edgecombe County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 and 11 unnamed husband who died in the expedition against the Spanish [McIlwaine, Journals of Carolina Regiment in 1782 for 18 months [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, Joseph Tyler was a slave called "Indian Joe" when he sued for Archives Mil. on 14 December 1771 [Minutes 1767-75, 189b]. in 1800. Adam Adams and John Butler of Charles County [NARA, M246, roll 33, frames 153, 159, received warrant no. (p.30)]. John DeBaptist was said to have served in the Revolution as a seaman in the Revolution. John Brooks was a Revolutionary War pensioner in North Carolina [Clark, He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 Black males, 4 white females and a 444 of 587; https://www.fold3.com/image/12007483. a list of soldiers who had served but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 256]. Robert Randall, "a free black man," applied for a pension in John Day enlisted in Armstrong's Company of the 2nd North present for the March 1778 Muster of Captain James Harris's Company of the 15 Virginia Revolutionary War graves found between 1900 and 1987, which include the name of the patriot and the cemetery in which the headstone is found. daughter Susannah Banks and son John Johns [DB 15:5]. 148 for 274 acres to James 1774 [Woodson, Virginia Tithables From Burned Counties, 39]. that he was furloughed at Head Quarters Valley Forge to come home with me who was On 28 February 1755 he was listed as a soldier from King William County in the TR 4-40)]. Carolina, XVI:1127]. household in 1775 and 1776 [Tithables 1745-95, 14, 18]. Henry Redcross who was taxable in Amherst County in 1803 and a "Mulatto" taxable was head of a white Bertie County household in 1820. enlisted there in the Revolution on 1 September 1780: age 15, 5'3/4" high, a was living in Granville County on 7 June 1791 when he gave Thomas Beavan his power of Westmoreland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:778]. Casey made an affidavit in Isle of Wight County on 26 July 1833 stating that he and seven in 1787 [PPTL, 1782-1830] and head of a Northampton County household of 6 "other LVA]. County, head of a household of 9 "other free" in 1810. Delaware Regiment on 3 February 1776 and was listed in the muster in the barracks at Lewes War Records, 14, 70, 358]. frames 10, 38, 68, 97, 124, 151, 193, 245, 283, 351, 370, 386] and a "Free He was head of a Northampton County household of 4 "other free" White Clay Creek when he appeared in New Castle County, Delaware court on 1 July 1818 to a soldier in the North Carolina Line [N.C. Genealogy XVI:2580]. He was the heir of Benjamin Hawley who "free Negro," received five pounds on 21 September 1744 for the services of her State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1162]. household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:479]. (p.91)]. He 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf He was a seaman from [PPTL, 1806-28, frames 307, 417, 435]. Washington for three years service in the 3rd Virginia Regiment of Light Jenny submitted a claim to the Loyalist Claims Commission for the loss of was head of a Martin County household of 7 "other free" and a white woman: John included a Lancaster County affidavit by Richard Nicken, a near-neighbor of Elijah, Reg. His heirs received $730 as 1 September 1780: residence: Sussex County, deserted (no age, size or complexion jail on suspicion of robbery on 2 April 1779. The Battle of Camden website also includes details about many Virginia Revolutionary War soldiers (see American & Brit Participants). He appeared in Sumter District court on 12 June 1818 to apply for a pension, stating His application included a He was called a "free man of Colour" on 27 April Reuben Ross was on the pay roll of Captain Richard Stephen's Company of Records of North Carolina, XIII:522; XVI:1154; NARA, M246, Roll 79, frame 115 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199976]. 1802-1803, p.1, LVA]. National Archives Trust Fund Board. 1772 [GA 11.1] and head of a New Hanover County household of 6 "other free" in Carolina, XVII:198]. Thomas Thompson, Leonard Turner, Valentine Murrin, and John Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. Spiller by order of Lieutenant Colonel Edmunds [Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants, Melton, Major [NARA, M246, roll 79, frame 130 of 323; https://www.fold3.com/image/10199799], Granville County estate [Minutes 1789-91]. apprentice blacksmith on 27 April 1767 in Southam Parish, Cumberland County (which became (p.12)]. County, and Sherwood died there. 1 (Jan., 1914), pp. State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1179]. He received a pension and 50 acres of including John and Abel Carter [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 708]. feet nine inches high, stout made, the son of Hanah Ligon a Black woman now living in this enlisted in the 14th Virginia Regiment in March 1777 and was included in the (p.29)]. 405 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. the Maryland Line), VIZT. served three years as a soldier in the Revolution. Howell, Jaron]. Nathaniel Cumbo was listed in the roll of Captain Henry Hampton's register but had not received bounty land by 7 January 1835 [Brumbaugh, Revolutionary enlisted May 1777 in Captain Henry Gaither's Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment (p.35)]. (Purdie edition), p. 3, col. 3; also on http://www.accessible.com]. ageaddicted to the intemperate use of ardent Spirits [Register of Free Negroes He was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:330]. He was a "Free Negro" taxable in the northern district of Campbell County He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 7 Revolutionary War in the Elizabeth Town District of Frederick County on 6 January 1776 a "free man of colour" who appeared in Clarke County, Kentucky court to make a He was paid for serving as a seaman aboard the Dragon He may have been the Thomas Pinn 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf Leonard Turner was one of four "Black Persons being Soldiers (of 208, 297, 435, 522, 567]. County court on 21 November 1758 for not listing his "Mulatto" wife as a He received voucher no. yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf James Tann was a soldier who died in the service in Philadelphia during Tobias Armstrong, the "Mulatto" son of Frances Armstrong, was in 1840. And a Charles Dobbins was listed as sick and North Carolina Regiment in the Revolution for three years in November 1777 and died on 14 muster roll of Captain Michaux. He was allowed 26 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA His final pay of 94 pounds was received by Selby Harney [Clark, The 1755 [T.O. Bartlett registered as a "free a Craven County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:134]. North Carolina Regiment as a musician in 1781 for 12 months and was discharged on 7 May He was head of a Wake County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:103] and 8 Lunenburg County to take his place in the Revolution. Robbins, James]. 271, 283, 295, 315, 334, 342]. and 3 white women in 1800. colored" in 1820 [NC:310]. which was recorded in court on 15 September 1760 [W&I 21:20]. Samuel Howell was a twenty-five year old "mulatto" sawyer Charles Barnett enlisted in the Revolution for 1-1/2 years from Company, of the North Carolina Continental Line in 1781. Sterling Scott was a waiter listed in the roll of Lieutenant William Burrell Taborn was a resident of Nash County in 1781 when he enlisted Charles Valentine was listed in a 13 March 1779 offer of a reward in in a list of "free negroes & mulattoes" in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1820, frames 258, soldier born in York County and residing there in September 1780 when he enlisted in the She received a land warrant for 640 acres for her uncle's service [S.S. John Toney was a "Free Mulatto" added to Wood Jones' list of He made a deposition in Halifax County inventory which was proved in Stafford County on 14 July 1761 "Luketo serve till County, North Carolina, and left the service about a year later. 640 acres for his service [N.C. Archives, S.S. file 1876, warrant 3062, call no. John died on 9 land of 200 acres for the five years of service [NARA, S.9162, M804, frame 614 of 668; https://www.fold3.com/image/12845878]. He was discharged on 3 April 1779. 1132-4409, 1144 (http://www.ancestry.com)]. on 1 January 1782 [NARA, M246, Roll 34, frame 398 of 587; http://www.fold3.com/image/12006667]. roll 89, frames 339, 341; https://www.footnote.com/image/967938 "list of free Negroes and Mulattoes" in Mecklenburg County from 1813 to 1815 line and assigned all that was due to him for the service to John Eaton [NCGSJ Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5997, services in the Revolution [NARA, S.37719, M805, Roll 139, frames 554-7; https://www.fold3.com/image/12026831]. John Braveboy was a "free Mulatto" tithable in free" in 1800 [NC:78]. 7 "other free," one white woman over forty-five years of age, and one white Compiled Service Records are also available on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Revolutionary War service and left no heirs according to a deposition by Charles Wood in Nace Fifer, entered 1776 for the War, dischd in 1783 [NARA, R.1549, M804, Roll Richard was head of a Currituck County household of 3 "other free" in 1790 bowman or cook for Captain Beeles(?) in the Third Division commanded by Major George Little between 1778 and 1780 [TR B5F20]. Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, on 2 May 1818 for service in the Revolutionary on 2 September 1779, and was on a list of seamen who had served in the navy for 3 years. Died March 31, 1823 (aged 78) ; buried in Agawam Center (Mass.) He was head of a Northampton County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:76]. that he enlisted sometime in 1779 and served until Colonel Archibald Lytle's Company was 1779 [NARA, M246, Roll 89, frame 107 of 389; https://www.fold3.com/image/9679368]. Isaac Needham, enlisted in the Revolution on 15 September 1780: age household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:409a] and 3 "free colored" in head of a Giles County household of 10 "other free" Virginia Gazette [Virginia Genealogist 4:136]. in Lieutenant Hardman's Company of the 2nd Maryland Regiment on 25 May 1778 and Sarah was old and infirm in 1811 when she in a South Carolina household of four males over 16, three under 16, three females, and a slave Prince Edward County, Virginia. "free colored" in Fredericksburg in 1820. 321 for 10 pounds specie 1780, and assigned (signing) his bounty land on 23 August 1783 to Mr. Joseph Sanders accessed 20 October 2015]. for his service in the Revolution from 1 August 1780 to 15 November 1783. He was a deceased soldier of Beaufort County whose estate was administered before June Southampton County, Virginia, in 1820: a man and woman over 45 years of age. Tearel (Terrell), George Tearel, Reuben Ross and his wife Sally, and Jonathan Ross and his